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From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:33:30 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] amd-pstate: Make amd-pstate epp driver name hyphenated
To:     Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 9:08 AM Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 07:36:10PM +0800, Karny, Wyes wrote:
> > amd-pstate passive mode driver is hyphenated. So make amd-pstate active
> > mode driver consistent with that rename "amd_pstate_epp" to
> > "amd-pstate-epp".
> >
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Fixes: ffa5096a7c33 ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: implement Pstate EPP support for the AMD processors")
> > Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
>
> Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
>
> And yes, we should seprate it from cpupower as Rafael mentioned. cpupower
> tool may go to another repo.

Not only that.

It is generally better to send individual fixes that don't depend on
anything else as separate patches, because this allows them to be
picked up and fast-tracked at multiple levels (mainline, stable,
distro kernels etc.).